5 Brisbane Properties Under $500,000

30803/8 Trafalgar Street, Woolloongabba, QLD

Found on the southern side of West No.8 comes this sophisticated 1 bedder with all one needs for inner-city living.

Boasting an open plan design with plenty of storage and separate study the apartment sees a spacious kitchen with stone-like finishes and ample storage fitted with European stainless-steel appliances.

Throughout the apartment are high quality textured timber look floors.

Within the complex, is access to a resort-style wellness centre equipped with a sauna, steam room, hot and cold magnesium pools, fully equipped gym and more.

Further, the residence sits in an ideal locale, near sporting and cultural hubs and Woolloongabba Cross River Rail station. $468,000; Silklane.com.au

8.05/91-97 Linton Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD

Located in one of Brisbane’s hottest spots comes this generous 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1-car parking apartment.

Here, the apartment features a designer kitchen with gloss finishes and ample storage, stone benchtops, German tapware, Spanish tiles and AEG kitchen appliances including.

Further, the apartment sees its own terrace area, accessible by the family room and bedroom two.

Nearby to Brisbane’s CBD, transport, eateries and more, the apartment offers the best of Kangaroo Point at one’s doorstep. $499,000; qreal.com

2/19 Beaconsfield Street, Highgate Hill, QLD

Only five kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD comes this intelligently updated 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 2-car parking apartment.

Located in a boutique block the apartment is one of only 10 residences and presents itself as bright and airy with a fresh colour palette.

The open plan dining forms the property’s heart, met with a covered backing – for alfresco meals and sunset drinks – and a modern kitchen featuring an emerald subway tiled splashback, timber benchtop, quality appliances, a Billi tap and plenty of storage.

Completing the offering is a generous master bedroom and sizeable second bedroom – both fitted with built-in robes.

The property is close to the new West Village and Montague Markets as well as public transport and dining options.

The listing is with Place Estate Agents Woolloongabba and is headed to auction. Eplace.com.au

502/30 Sherwood Road, Toowong, QLD

Presenting Aviary Residences, an opportunity to elevate inner-city living with comfort and space.

Toowong is set to become the heart of Brisbane’s inner-west, and here the 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1-car parking apartment puts you within reach of all the locale has to offer.

Here, the apartment is fitted with timber flooring throughout, an entertainer’s kitchen – featuring stone bench op, feature lighting and Smeg appliances and 2.7-metre ceiling heights.

Further, the designer bathroom is dressed in Italian tiles, featuring clean lines and a calm natural palette.

Elsewhere, the property is privy to rooftop facilities including a 20-metre infinity-edge pool, private garden lounge, dining alcoves, indoor-outdoor library, private dining room and kitchen, media room and residents’ lounge. $459,000; aviarytoowong.com.au

1603/108 Albert Street, Brisbane City, QLD

Boasting an abundance of natural light and a practical floorplan comes this 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1-car parking apartment in the heart of Brisbane CBD.

Inside, the modern kitchen features a gas cooktop, dishwasher and plenty of storage while the living and dining room links to the alfresco skyroom.

The skyroom offers indoor – or a swift transition to outdoor – space with urban views.

Onsite resort-style amenities include the two-lane lap pool, leisure pool, spa, sauna and gym.

Located nearby to the upcoming Queen’s Wharf Brisbane the residence is footsteps away from the very best in entertainment, dining and shopping. Offers over 465,000; piccoloproperty.com

There are Corvette fans for whom the base US$68,300 car is plenty powerful enough. After all, it produces 495 horsepower and can reach 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds. But hold on, there’s also the approximately US$115,000 Z06—with 670 horsepower and able to reach 60 in 2.6 seconds. These split seconds are important for busy people—and for marketing claims. And if that’s not enough go power, there’s the even more formidable 900-horsepower ZR1 version of the Corvette, starting around US$150,000. The hybrid E-Ray, at US$104,900, is pretty potent, too.

But if they’re still too slow, fans of American-engineered muscle can consider the exclusive Texas-built Hennessey Venom F5, a limited-edition carbon-fibre hypercar. Ten years ago, the Hennessey became the world’s fastest production car, defeating the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, with a top speed of 270.49 miles per hour.

That world title is much sought after, and is currently held by the Sweden-built 1,600-horsepower Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, with a two-way average top speed of 277.8 mph. But Hennessey is still very much a contender. The company is hoping the 1,817-horsepower F5 (with 1,192 pound-feet of torque) can exceed 300 mph on the track this year.

The Hennessey Venom F5 coupe is sold out, despite a more than $2 million price tag.
Hennessey photo

Hennessey’s previous Venom GT model (introduced in 2010) was based on the Lotus Exige, with a GM LS-based engine, and was built by partner Delta Motorsport. Spokesman Jon Visscher tells Penta , “The new Venom F5, revealed in 2020, is a 100%bespoke creation—unique to Hennessey and featuring a Hennessey-designed 6.6-litre twin-turbo V8 engine boasting 1,817 horsepower, making it the world’s most powerful combustion-engine production car.” Leaps in performance like this tend to be pricey.

This is a very exclusive automobile, priced around US$2.5 million for the coupe, and US$3 million for the F5 Roadster announced in 2023. Only 30 Roadsters will be built, with a removable carbon-fiber roof. The 24 F5 coupes were spoken for in 2021, but if you really want one you could find a used example—or go topless. In a statement to Penta , company founder and CEO John Hennessey said that while the coupe “is now sold out, a handful of build slots remain for our Roadster and [track-focused] Revolution models.”

Only 24 Revolutions will be built in coupe form, priced at US$2.7 million. There’s also a rarefied roadster version of the Revolution, with just 12 to be built.

The Venom F5 Roadster has a removable carbon-fibre roof.
Hennessey photo

The Venom F5 coupe weighs only 3,000 pounds, and it’s not surprising that insane speeds are possible when combined with a hand-built motor (nicknamed “Fury”) created with power uppermost. The V8 in the F5, installed in a rear mid-engine configuration, has a custom engine block and lightweight forged aluminium pistons, billet-steel crankshaft, and forged-steel connecting rods. Twin turbochargers are featured. The F5 can reach 62 mph in less than three seconds, but top speed seems to be its claim to fame.

The driver shifts the rear-wheel-drive car via a seven-speed, single-clutch transmission with paddle shifters. The interior is not as spartan or as tight as in many other supercars, and is able to handle very tall people. The butterfly doors lift up for access.

“With 22 customer Venom F5 hypercars already delivered to customers around the world, and a newly expanded engineering team, we’re focusing the Venom F5 on delivering on its potential,” Hennessey says. “Breaking 300 mph in two directions is the goal we aim to achieve toward the end of this year to claim the ‘world’s fastest production car’ title.”

Hennessey says the car and team are ready. “Now the search is on for a runway or public road with a sufficiently long straight to allow our 1,817-horsepower, twin-turbo V8 monster to accelerate beyond 300 mph and return to zero safely.” The very competitive Hennessey said the track-focused Revolution version of the F5 set a fastest production car lap around Texas’ 3.41-mile Circuit of the Americas track in March, going almost seven seconds faster than a McLaren P1.

The Revolution features a roof-mounted central air scoop (to deliver cool air to the engine bay), a full-width rear carbon wing, larger front splitter and rear diffuser, tweaked suspension, and engine cooling. It’s got the same powertrain as the standard cars, but is enhanced to stay planted at otherworldly speeds.